The Address Supporting Organization
2007 ICANN Board of Directors Election Candidates
| Candidate: | Raimundo Beca |
| Region | LACNIC |
| Brief biography: |
Raimundo Beca is a current member of the ICANN Board, appointed by the Address Support Organization. He is also partner at Imaginacción, a Chilean consulting company, and is in the board of several companies, including Puerto San Vicente Talcahuano, where he is Vice chairman of the Board and Armamater, a company that trains, employs and places only disabled people. His previous roles have included:
Raimundo is Chilean, born in 1940. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Chile and a Masters in Mathematical Economics. Prior to joining the ICANN Board, Raimundo was a member of the ASO Address Council, appointed first by ARIN and then by LACNIC, a member of the Steering Committee of NIC Chile and a Board Director of LACNIC. On the ICANN Board, Raimundo has been appointed to the Finance Committee, as a Chair, the Audit Committee, the ICANN Board - GAC Joint Working Group and the President's Strategy Committee. |
| Digest of statements of support |
From: Oscar A. Robles-Garay, orobles@nic.mx
Hereby I want to support Raimundo's candidature. He's been serving the ICANN Board since 2004 and has proven the highest level of compromise and knowledge in all the relevant discussions held by the board. His ability to judge with and independent criterion should be pursued in the benefit of the ICANN future. Best Regards
Oscar Robles-Garay
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From: Jacques Rosselin, jr@antenneslocales.com
To whom it may concern: I fully support Raimundo Beca's candidature to the ICANN Board. He has accomplished an very impressive job as an ICANN Board Director and more, respected all his commitments when he was elected. I have known him professionally for 25 years and have always admired his capacity to combine vision and decision-making. I am sure his second term will be as oustanding as the first one. Best regards,
Jacques Rosselin
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From: Bill Darte, BillD@cait.wustl.edu
Statement in support of Raimundo Beca: I have known Raimundo Beca from his first involvement with ARIN many years ago. Of course Raimundo was active in the industry and already a leader long before then. I learned early that Raimundo was one I could count on to be considerate of the larger perspective and to frankly and fairly represent his views. It was a pleasure to support Raimundo for a seat on the ICANN Board and to see him succeed in his candidacy. I have been happy with his representation and leadership and so again welcome the opportunity to support him for that position. I hope you will join me in that support.
Bill Darte
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Chuck Gomes cgomes@verisign.com
I strongly endorse re-election of Raimundo Beca for the ASO ICANN Board seat that he currently holds. Having been very actively involved in ICANN continuously since its inception and more specifically since Raimundo was initially appointed to the Board, I have had many occasions to personally interact with him on a variety of ICANN issues and to observe his contributions as an ICANN Director. As a member of the former ICANN Budget Advisory Committee for many years, I also had special interest in the work of the ICANN Board Finance Committee of which Raimundo is a member. Throughout his tenure on the Board, Raimundo has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to constructively contribute to ICANN decision-making processes, including effectively communicating key points that facilitated Board action as well as a willingness to differ with majority opinion when he deemed appropriate. He has done this during a very critical time and has thus contributed to ICANN's maturation as an organization and a community. I especially want to call attention to Raimundo's contributions as a member of the ICANN Board Finance Committee because they provide an excellent example of how ICANN has matured in a very measurable way in the past couple of years. For many years, the ICANN Budget Advisory Group made up of ccTLD and gTLD registries, RIR representatives and registrars had recommended that ICANN design it's operational plan and budget to ensure increased accountability by making it easier to associate expenditures with corporate priorities. The currently proposed operational plan clearly demonstrates that huge strides have been made in this regard by presenting operational objectives down to the project level, including measurable objectives, funding levels and association with ICANN strategic objectives. The ICANN Finance Committee and Raimundo as a member of that committee deserve compliments for their work in making this happen. Finally, in 2007 the ICANN Board will be losing some very key and longstanding members. With that in view, it seems especially important to ensure a reasonable amount of continuity and experience by continuing to benefit from the service of Directors like Raimundo who have been particularly effective. Chuck Gomes |
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From: Desiree Miloshevic, dmiloshevic@afilias.info
Statement of support I would like to hereby express my personal support of Raimundo Beca's candidature to the ICANN Board. I have known Raimundo since the ICANN meeting in Santiago de Chile, 1999. I have always appreciated both his dedication to the process as well as his independent and balanced point of view. Desiree Miloshevic
International Affairs and Policy Adviser
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Pierre Ouedraogo, pierre.ouedraogo@francophonie.org
I strongly support Raimundo's candidature to the board of ICANN. I've kown him thru the ICANN processses, and I had chance to interact with him on different subjects. Beside its technical and professionnal high knowledge, he has a great international experience that is important for ICANN board at this stage of his evolution. Fluent in many languages, including french, Raimundo is always volunteering to help and contribute to strengthen the multi-stakeholer model. And I want specially to mention his ability to listen and to drain enthusiastic participation in the community. Best regards
Pierre OUEDRAOGO
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From: Carlos Afonso, ca@rits.org.br
Dear ASO AC Nominations Committee, This is a personal message in support of the candidacy of Raimundo Beca to continue his good work as a voting member of the ICANN Board. I know about and follow as much as possible the work of ICANN and its Board, and I am sure Beca has been one of the most dedicated, competent and consistent members in dealing with the complex and difficult challenges which ICANN has faced and will continue to face. fraternal regards
Carlos A. Afonso
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From: Jacqueline Morris, jam@jacquelinemorris.com
I support Raimundo's candidacy for the ASO seat on the ICANN Board. He is technically strong and highly professional, and I also believe that his international expreience adds to the ICANN Board's diversity and open-mindedness. He is a great supporter of the multi-stakeholder model, and is constantly working to increase ICANN's legitimacy in the global arena. I hope he can continue his excellent work on the Board, and, given that the Board faces turnover, losing some key members in 2007, it is important to have him re-appointed in order to ensure continuity and experience on the Board.
Jacqueline Morris
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From: António Tavares, atavares@dialdata.com.br
Dear Nominating Committee Board members I tis with great pleasure that I decide to take the initiative of to recommend the re-election of Mr. Raimundo Beca to the ICANN Board. Raimundo life story and proved competence has served in different positions and during long time to THE Latin American Community and also to the ICANN as a all community. As a former member of Nominating Committee board , and knowing how it works in terms of difficulty to find the right people within the established criteria’s I feel free to do it as an help . Best Regards,
Antonio Tavares
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From: Augusto César Gadelha Vieira, GADELHA@mct.gov.br
Dear members of the Board, I would like to express my support to the renewal of Dr. Raimundo Beca as a member of ICANN Board. We understand Dr. Beca gave outstanding contributions along his first term in the Board, with positions that have given him credentials to be recognized as a reliable, ethical and competent representative of Internet community. Yours, Augusto Gadelha Coordinator Comitê Gestor da Internet Brasil (Steering Committee of Internet Brazil) Secretário de Política de Informática (Secretary of Information Technology Policy) Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia – Brasil (Ministry for Science & Technology, Brazil) |
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From: Anthony Harris, harris@cabase.org.ar
Dear Sirs, I wish to express my support for Raimundo Beca for the ICANN board seat. He has done an outstanding job as a Board Director, and has proven to be a dedicated worker, very active in all of the Board’s crucial discussions, always explaining the rationale of his voting decisions clearly to the community. Raimundo has also been heavily involved in the discussion over ICANN’s Operational and Strategic Planning, in French and Spanish during ICANN Meetings.Now many historic board members are leaving, it is of great importance to retain experienced members in the ICANN board. Regards
Anthony Harris
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From: Diego Sanchez, dsanchez@dinersclub.com.ec
Expreso mi apoyo al señor Raimundo Beca Saludos cordiales, Diego Sanchez |
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From: Michael D. Palage, Michael@palage.com
I had the privilege of serving on the ICANN Board with Raimundo Beca from 2004 until 2006 and I would like to offer the following statement in support of his re-election to the ICANN Board as a representative of the ASO. The ASO has an excellent track record for placing well balanced and insightful representatives on the ICANN Board, and Raimundo is no exception. I believe the two current ASO representatives Raimundo Beca and Dave Wodelet provide an excellent overlap of style and insight that serve not only the interests of the ASO, but the greater Internet stakeholder community as well. The best way to describe Raimundo is by the following nickname that I gave him. Raimundo "Grrrrrrrr Bit Bull" Beca. Raimundo is a straight shooter and a man of conviction, and he would be one of the first people I would pick to be on my team, because I can always count on him giving 110% percent. Both Raimundo and I served on the ICANN Board Finance Committee, which he now chairs, and he was always asking the tough questions. This is an important trait as ICANN's budget continues to grow on an annual basis. I also believe Raimundo's continued leadership and experience on the ICANN Board will be an important asset as the ICANN Board in the next couple of months loses some long serving members such as Alejandro Pisanty and Vint Cerf. As ICANN continues to evolve, I believe it is critical that there be directors who can effectively communicate with the community regarding the decisions being made, especially those that are complex and controversial. In that regard, I believe the ICANN's Board recent decision regarding the .XXX TLD in Lisbon shows some of the important qualities that I believe are critical on the ICANN Board at this time. While I hold Raimundo Beca and Susan Crawford both in the highest regard, these two directors were actually in total disagreement on the issue at hand. However, what was more important to me than their actual vote, was the manner in which both directors articulated their viewpoints and the basis for their decision and how they communicated this in an open and transparent manner. For all of the above reasons, I believe Raimundo is the right candidate at this time to continue to represent the ASO on the ICANN Board at this time. |
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From: Dr. Hagen Hultzsch, Hultzsch@telekom.de
Title: Raimundo Beca I have been member of the board of ICANN from mid 2003 to the end of 2006 and I have learned about the great enthusiasm and continuous engagement of Raimundo for matters of ASO and beyond of general matters of ICANN. Currently he is chairman if the Board Finance Committee as my successor taking care of this important, sometimes rather difficult task of convincing the ICANN community of the needs to provide adequate resources to fulfill the ICANN mission based on the strategic and operation plans. To my knowledge Raimundo is showing significant performance in this for ICANN extremely important function. Regarding continuity of experience in the ICANN board ASO may consider to assign another term to Raimundo.
Dr. Hagen Hultzsch
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From: Aldo Signorelli, asignorelli@acti.cl
Deseo en términos personales apoyar la postulación del Sr. Raimundo Beca, trabajé con él varios años en el Directorio de una compañía y valoro mucho su experiencia profesional y dimensión humana. Habilidades que ha puesto a disposición del desarrollo de la internet con mucha energía. Yo trabajo con las empresas de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones, así como en el Consejo de Nombres de Dominio y Números IP de Chile y en esos frentes tenemos especial interés del trabajo de ICANN y en especial del rol de Raimundo como Latinoamericano en él. Por ello he escrito esta recomendación en nuestro castellano, nuestra presencia es necesaria y es relevante. Les saluda atentamente,
Aldo A. Signorelli
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From: Edmon Chung, edmon@dotasia.org
I am writing in support of both Raimundo Beca and Kuo-Wei Wu for their election to the ICANN Board of Directors. I believe that Raimundo demonstrated great integrity and prudence in his work as an ICANN Board member. This is especially evident in the handling of new gTLDs, which continues to be an important item on ICANN's agenda and will require great leadership. Kuo-Wei is knowledgeable in IDN and his long tenure at APNIC speaks for itself. Reference from APNIC provide the best support for his contribution and capabilities in international consensus building and policy development.
Edmon Chung
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From: Claudia Bobadilla, claudia@paisdigital.org
I would like to hereby express my personal support of Raimundo Beca's candidature to the ICANN Board. I have always appreciated his dedication to the process as well as his independent and balanced point of view in all of your professional activities.
Claudia Bobadilla
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From: Tricia Drakes, tricia.drakes@parvil.demon.co.uk
I would like to express my strong personal support for Raimundo’s candidacy for the ASO seat on the ICANN Board. I had the honour of serving with Raimundo as a colleague on the ICANN Board in 2004. His ability for clear thinking, his unbiased and independent approach, and his determination to deal fairly and communicate openly on key matters and business under consideration by the ICANN Board was clear from the time he first took up his position as a member of the ICANN Board. Raimundo’s current work, including as a “long standing” member of the Board Finance Committee which he now also chairs as the successor to Hagen Hulzsch, is of key importance. I believe that continuity of experience is important, as well as dedication, hard work and commitment to dealing fairly and openly with the challenging issues that an ICANN Board Member has to deal with. Raimundo, in my opinion, has made an important contribution in his first term as a member of the ICANN Board. At a time when the Board is losing some of its long-standing Board members, Raimundo’s experience and “natural abilities” will be even more appreciated. I hope that the ASO will take this into account in their selection of their candidate to represent the ASO on the ICANN Board. Tricia Drakes |
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From: Israel Mandler, imandler@entelchile.net
Is greatfull for me invite you to design Mr Raimundo Beca as Director in ICANN yours,
Israel Mandler
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From: Erick Iriarte Ahon, eiriarte@alfa-redi.org
To whom it may concern: Is a pleasure for me endorse re-election of Raimundo Beca for the ASO ICANN Board seat. Best regards,
Erick Iriarte Ahon
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From: Waldo Maldonado Catalán, Waldo.Maldonado@corp.terra.cl
Of my consideration. I would like to support the candidature of Mr. Raimundo Beca to the ICANN Board. >From my point of view Mr. Beca has worked with determination and enthusiasm the last years participating actively in different issues related to the Addressing Community. His experience and knowledge working as a Director of Lacnic, private companies as Telefonica, governmental and non-governmental organizations between others shows that Mr. Beca has the skills to give a positive contribution to the ICANN board and the Internet community. Best regards.
Waldo Maldonado Catalán
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From: Oscar Cabello, ocabello@alfacentauro.cl
Mr. Raimundo Beca is a wise and respectable professional, with wide international experience in telecommunications systems and Internet development. Because of that we would like to support him as member of the ICANN Board. Best regards, Oscar Cabello Executive Director Alfa Centauro S.A. www.alfacentauro.cl |
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From: Alejandro Rojas, alejandro.rojas@telmex.com
I would like to support Mr. Raimundo Beca to the ICANN Board. Mr. Beca is a respected international consultant, with a strong expertise in Information and Communications Technologies. He can do a relevant contribution to the development of Internet through ICANN board. Yours very truly
Alejandro Rojas
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From: Daniel Dardailler, danield@w3.org
As W3C technical liaison in 2006, I had the privilege to meet Raimundo on the ICANN board and I was always impressed by his courage in defending his position. Raimundo has lived in France for years and I also like the fact that he can represent/understand European positions as well as South Americans. He has my support.
Daniel Dardailler
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From: Christian Nicolai, christian.nicolai@gmail.com
Dear Sirs, I strongly support Mr. Raimundo Beca as member of ICCAN Board. Mr. Beca is a well known consultant in Information and Communication Trechnologies, with a long career in the private sector. He also has served in ICCANN and I am sure he will continue being a tremendous contribution to a successfuly work of ICCAN. Best Regards,
Christian Nicolai
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From: Marilyn Cade, marilynscade@hotmail.com
I fully endorse Raimundo Beca for the ICANN Board. I have had the privilege of working with Raimundo while he has been on the Board and have only the highest respect and admiration for his work on behalf of the community on the board. I am a member of the ICANN stakeholder community, until recently was an elected GNSO Councilor, and have been involved in ICANN since its inception. The job of an ICANN board member is time consuming, and complex, and demanding in many, many ways. I have always been amazed at the time consuming and complexity of the issues before the ICANN Board. In fact, I am in awe of the challenges that they are expected to deal with. Raimundo has demonstrated commitment, leadership, vision, and an ability to work in extremely diverse, and disparate environment of ICANN, not only with the Board, but with the fuller community. I have had the privilege of interacting with him in particular to the strategic planning processes and related activities at ICANN, where his championship of the need for an effective Strategic and Operational Planning process was critical. He has made a real difference in the financial planning activities/processes for ICANN. In particular, I take note of his openness to the importance of meeting and interacting openly with the fuller community as a board member, but also supporting and championing the importance of the full board having increased direct interaction with the ICANN community. He has been a strong champion of improving accountability and transparency, and in recognition of his leadership, has recently been appointed to the ICANN President’s Strategy Committee (PSC). This committee is important to ICANN’s continued examination of continued internationalization of ICANN. Raimundo’s background, experience, and knowledge will be of strong service to the full ICANN community, as well as the ICANN board. The ASO has a long history for electing knowledgeable, committed, competent board members to fill their two ICANN board seats, and I applaud both their history, and suggest that in my view, Raimundo is the best choice for the ICANN board. I base that on both Raimundo’s performance as it is demonstrated in his present term, his commitment, his background, which bridges many diverse communities, and his vision for ICANN’s continued evolution and growth in excellence in execution of its mission. There are several changes in the composition of leadership at ICANN ahead of us – it is important to have continuity in stable, mature, committed members of the Board to see the evolution of ICANN through these changes and challenges that exist in the global world in which ICANN exists. Raimundo is highly respected in both business and technical issues – a combination that serves the Board, and the ICANN community well. It is my pleasure, and honor to speak in his behalf, and to urge you to return him to the ICANN board seat for the ASO. Best Regards
Marilyn Cade
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From: Miriam Sapiro, msapiro@starpower.net
It is with great pleasure and admiration that I write in support of Raimundo Beca’s re-election to the ICANN Board of Directors. I have enjoyed the opportunity to get to know him these past few years through my work in the ICANN community. Before joining the ICANN Board, Raimundo served on the ASO Address Council at the request of both ARIN and LACNIC, as a member of the Steering Committee of NIC Chile, and as a Director of LACNIC. On the ICANN Board, Raimundo serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee, leading efforts to make recommendations on the annual budget process and help develop ICANN’s long-range financial objectives. Previously, Raimundo served as Chair of the Audit Committee, upon which he still sits. Both of these are difficult and time-consuming assignments, but that did not deter Raimundo. He is also serving as a member of the GAC Joint Working Group and the President’s Strategy Committee. In each of these key roles, Raimundo has acted with distinction. He instinctively knows the right questions to ask in order to drill down on complex issues. Despite his many other responsibilities outside of ICANN, he has put in the time needed to become an effective and well-respected member of the Board. He knows and understands the ICANN community and its needs. I am confident that he will continue to do an outstanding job, serving as a credit to both ICANN and the ASO. Sincerely,
Miriam Sapiro, President
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From: Alain Bidron, ROSI/ITNPS/NAD, alain.bidron@orange-ftgroup.com
I support Raimundo's candidacy for re election on the ICANN Board. During his first mandate, Raimundo has constructively contributed to ICANN decision making process, not only on ASO issues but also on the wide range of issues that falls under the responsibility of ICANN. Raimundo has a strong expertise an indefectible enthusiasm and determination, and the ability to communicate with a very wide range of stakeholders. His re-appointment will ensure continuity of experience on the Board and the whole Internet Community will benefit from it.
Alain Bidron
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From: Tony Holmes, tony.ar.holmes@bt.com
Statement of Support I would like to express my strong support for Raimundo Beca to be reappointed to the ICANN Board. To be an effective member of the ICANN Board requires amongst other things, commitment, integrity, awareness and the ability to engage with a very broad and diverse set of stakeholders. Raimundo’s earlier appointment to the Board by the ASO has more than proved that he possesses all of these critical skills and more. His track record and standing within the ICANN community is well recognised and is the strongest recommendation that can be expressed in support of any candidate. Reappointing Raimundo will also ensure the ICANN Board continues to benefit from the broad International experience he has gathered throughout his career and I have every confidence that this appointment would continue to enhance the credibility of both ICANN and the ASO. Sincerely
Tony Holmes
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From: Sébastien Bachollet, sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr
I would like to express my personal support for Raimundo’s candidacy for a new term at the ASO seat on the ICANN Board. We had chance to interact with each other on different subjects within ICANN processes. In addition to its technical and professional competencies, he has a huge international experience. Both are important for the ICANN board in is current stage. And it is also important that some of the actual members of the board stay as some of the long standing and important figures will be departing. Fluent in many languages, Raimundo is always volunteering to participate to discussion and meeting in different languages including French. His multi lingual and cultural behaviour is very important to understand various positions specifically South Americans and European ones. Sébastien Bachollet Président sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr |
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From: Patricio Poblete, ppoblete@nic.cl I hereby express my support for the re-election of Raimundo Beca to the Board of ICANN. His presence in the Board allows ICANN to benefit form his long experience and know how. He has been a capable and valuable member of the Board, and has always been available to share opinions and information with ccTLDs like ours. Patricio Poblete |
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From: Humberto Alfonso Soto Velasco, humberto.soto@telefonicachile.cl We would like to hereby express our support of Raimundo Beca's candidature to the ICANN Board. We have always appreciated his dedication and his independent and balanced in your professional performance. For that reason we believe that continuity of experience is important. Best Regards Humberto Soto |
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From: Jorge Atton, jatton@telsur.net DE: Jorge Atton A: board-nomms@aso.icann.org Asunto: Raimundo Beca Dear Sir: I would like to support Mr. Raimundo Beca as member again of ICANN Board. I have worked with Mr. Beca and I appreciate his great knowledge of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), which is particularly useful for the future of ICANN and the Internet. Best regards, Jorge Atton |
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